Ruturaj Gaikwad drives the ball to the boundary in the course of the TATA IPL 2024 match between CSK and Punjab Kings held at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad braved a sluggish Chepauk pitch and correct Punjab Kings spinners to make a strong fifty however Chennai Super Kings may solely publish a modest 162 for seven of their IPL match in Chennai on Wednesday.
Once they have been requested to bat first, skipper Gaikwad (62, 48b, 5×4, 2×6) and his opening companion Ajinkya Rahane (29, 24b) added 61 runs for the opening wicket however they consumed 49 balls for it.
There have been flashes of intent too of their alliance, although.
Gaikwad performed a fantastic higher minimize off Arshdeep Singh for a boundary over the slips and Rahane creamed three fours in a row off Sam Curran, together with a beautiful cowl drive.
But they have been too far and few in between to make an actual affect.
The slide of CSK started as soon as PBKS introduced their spinners on instantly after the Power Play that yielded 55 for no loss.
Rahane tried to slog sweep Harpreet Brar however his skier ended within the arms of Rilee Rossouw within the deep.
But the left-arm spinner inflicted an even bigger blow within the subsequent supply, trapping Shivam Dube, who was named in India’s T20 World Cup squad, leg earlier than for a first-ball duck.
Dube, promoted to No. 3 to counter spin, failed to join an almighty heave off a fuller ball on the middle-stump by Brar, and he had to stroll again regardless of searching for assist from DRS.
In the following over, leg-spinner Rahul Chahar removed Ravindra Jadeja, who was deceived by a supply that changed into him a whisker to beat his prod.
It was a totals shutdown for CSK in that part between sixth and tenth over, shedding three wickets for simply 16 runs.
For a group that usually bosses the center passage between the seventh and fifteenth over at a run-rate of 10.6, the CSK was a shadow of their marauding self, managing simply 47 runs in that interval against PBKS.
A giant chunk of credit score ought to go to two Punjab spinners — Brar and Chahar — who exploited a gradual observe to the hilt to return with mixed figures of 33 in eight overs for 4 wickets.
They didn’t concede a single boundary of their spell.
It was at all times going to be robust for Chennai to claw again from that place.
Gaikwad did his finest, utilizing his timing and good array of pictures against pacers Harshal Patel and Curran to attain his fifty in 44 balls.
The right-hander introduced up his third fifty in a row on this IPL with a well-timed six off Curran over long-on and it was additionally the primary six in CSK innings as they took 20 runs of that over.
CSK made 60 runs within the final 5 overs as Moeen Ali (15, 9b) helped Gaikwad to add 38 runs for the fifth wicket.
